Mission
The mission of Humanetrix (human.net.tricks) is to create and support
the development of open innovative technologies which serve to
bring people together across the spectrum of the human condition
and to promote positive change in society at large. We see
information technology--the Internet in particular--as providing
a powerful and nearly limitless set of tools which may be brought
to bear on behalf of the public good. The promotion of human
dialog, personal interconnectedness, cultural understanding,
the cultivation of civil society, general life-long curiosity
and the greater enjoyment of life are all at the heart of our
mission and thus, the projects and educational
initiatives we devise and support.
You Can Help
All of our endeavors aim to create communities, to interconnect with each other
and to make information resources more accessible. Thus we try to insure that
anyone, yes anyone, can contribute to Humanetrix projects in many different
ways. You needn't dream in HTML or be an Internet gazillionaire. You can just
be you. Here's how you can help, no matter what kind of you you are.
Contact
email: rick.dietz@humanetrix.org
News
January 28, 2006
Humanetrix partners with Bloomington public arts organization Your Art Here to bring you Billboard Generation IV. BBG4 will display selected artwork from grade school through high school students on billboards in Bloomington and Indianapolis during March 2006.
December 13, 2004
Humanetrix Founder and Director, Rick Dietz, receives an Honorable Mention at the 2004 Mayor's Award for Civic Engagement for leading the Citizens' Toolkit project.
October 21, 2004
Humanetrix is happy to announce the launch of our "Citizens' Toolkit for Bloomington and Monroe County" project at http://www.citizenstoolkit.org. The Toolkit provides election information including candidate profiles, a sample ballot and an easy-to-use Polling Place Finder.
January 2004
Humanetrix Foundation Inc. regrets the passing of one of its founding Board Members, Larry Mongin. Larry was a citizen, in the most expansive definition of the term. Larry's dedication to the community and his technical expertise will be sorely missed.
July 20, 2003
Humanetrix Foundation Inc. received notice from the IRS that its application to operate as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization has been approved!
Other Projects We Like...
Gnu/Free Software Foundation
PhotoTag
Degree Confluence Project
The Lost Soul Companion Project
Book Crossing
Museum of the Person - Indiana
The Museum of the Person
WebLab
Freedom
We use free software like the GNU/Linux operating system, PHP & mySQL and open standards like XML, HTML & CSS to build and host our projects. We couldn't be more pleased! Not only is free (as in freedom) software best of breed, but it is open to anyone's scrutiny and improvement. We hope that you'll consider using free software and openly-developed, royalty free public standards as well.